Cluster /(klŭs"tẽr)/

Clus·ter

Cluster

n.
  1. A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.
    Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes, Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine.
  2. A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands.
  3. A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.
    As bees . . . Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters.
    We loved him; but, like beasts And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters, Who did hoot him out o' the city.

Cluster

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Clustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Clustering

  1. To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters.
    His sunny hair Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's.
    The princes of the country clustering together.
    — Foxe.

Cluster

v. t.
  1. To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body.
    Not less the bee would range her cells, . . . The foxglove cluster dappled bells.
    Or from the forest falls the clustered snow.

Phrases & Compounds

Clustered column
a column which is composed, or appears to be composed, of several columns collected together.